Schools |
Description |
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Action Items |
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All |
Special Education |
Ensure Counseling and Other Related Services are Assigned and Accurately Reported |
— |
All |
Special Education |
— |
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All |
Teacher/Principal Evaluation |
— |
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High |
Guidance |
— |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
Review Preliminary 2016–17 School Quality Report Metric Results |
9/29 |
All |
Teacher/Principal Evaluation |
Workbooks Available for Principal Performance Review Overall Ratings |
9/29 |
All |
School Improvement |
10/20 |
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All |
School Climate |
10/20; 12/22 |
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All |
Student Services General |
Educate Students in Appropriate Online Behaviors and Complete Cyber Safety Certification Form |
10/31; 12/19 |
All |
Performance & Assessment |
11/17 |
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All |
School Improvement |
11/17,30 |
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High |
Academic Policy |
1/31 |
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Announcements |
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All |
T&L General |
Opportunity to Register for the Chancellor’s Principal Conference |
10/13, 18 |
All |
Special Education |
Mandatory Principal Training and Pilot Program for New Principal Evaluation Rubric |
— |
All |
Teacher/Principal Evaluation |
— |
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All |
Budget |
Revised Special Education Standard Operating Procedures Manual (SOPM) Now Available |
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All |
Special Education |
— |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
— |
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All |
ELLs |
— |
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Elem, Mid |
Enrollment |
— |
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All |
Family/Community Engagement |
Gifted &Talented: Admissions Guidelines, Handbooks, and Request for Testing |
— |
Pre-K, Elem |
Enrollment |
Information about Performance-Based Salary Step Transactions in the September 15 Paycheck |
— |
All |
HR General |
— |
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All |
Student Services General |
9/22 |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
Core Curriculum Updates: Final Residual Ordering Period, Certification, and Returns |
9/29 |
All |
T&L General |
Opportunity to Apply for the 2018–19 Pre-K Dual Language Program |
10/6 |
Pre-K |
Instruction |
Opportunity to Register for the Chancellor’s Principal Conference |
10/7 |
All |
Teacher PLs & Student Oppts |
Ongoing |
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All |
Grants |
Ongoing |
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Reminders (Announced in Previous Issues) |
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All |
Wellness |
Complete Physical Education and Health Education Requirements |
— |
All |
Family/Community Engagement |
— |
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All |
T&L General |
— |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
— |
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Elem, Mid |
Performance & Assessment |
— |
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All All |
ELLs |
— |
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All |
ELLs |
— |
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All |
School Climate |
Submit Incident Reports via the Online Occurrence Reporting System (OORS) |
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All |
Guidance |
— |
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All |
Hiring |
— |
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All |
Enrollment |
— |
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All |
Enrollment |
— |
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Mid |
Enrollment |
— |
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All |
T&L General |
Delivery Dates for the Core Curriculum Fall Residual Ordering Period |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
9/20 |
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All |
ELLs |
Correction: K–12 Grade Level Application for ELE Test Replacement for 2017–18 School Year |
9/29 |
All |
Performance & Assessment |
9/29 |
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All |
Budget |
9/29 |
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All |
Procurement |
9/29 |
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All |
Teacher/Principal Evaluation |
9/29; 10/2, 13 |
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High |
Guidance |
10/6, 13, 27 |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
10/13 |
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High |
Guidance |
10/13 |
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All |
Special Education |
10/13 |
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High |
Performance & Assessment |
11/1 |
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Elem, Mid |
T&L General |
Opportunity to Register for Daily News Spelling Bee Competition |
11/3 |
All |
Operations General |
— |
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All |
Compliance Checklist |
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All |
Health |
— |
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All |
Health |
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All |
Health |
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All |
Health |
Notify Families About Medicaid Reimbursement for OT and PT Services |
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All |
Guidance |
— |
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High |
Wellness |
Implement Your School’s Condom Availability Program (CAP) and Distribute Program Letters |
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All |
School Climate |
— |
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All |
School Opening |
— |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
Schools Receiving a Quality Review and Resources for the 2017–18 SY |
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All |
Performance & Assessment |
New York State Alternate Assessments (NYSAA) Updates for the 2017–18 School Year |
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High |
HR General |
Guidance on Professional Assignment Assignments for Targeted Credit Recovery |
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All |
HR General |
Teachers’ and Paraprofessionals’ Collective Bargaining Agreements for Other Professional Work |
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All |
HR General |
New Centralized System for Placement and Clearance Approval of Pupil Personnel Services Interns |
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High |
T&L General |
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Dear Colleagues,
On September 11, the Board of Regentsapproved revisions to the New York State Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS). The revised standards are known as the “Next Generation” English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics Learning Standards. I would like to share with you the recent updates and projected timeline for implementation of Next Generation standards and assessments as outlined by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
Review and Revision Process Timeline for Next Generation Learning Standards:
- September 11: Adoption of Next Generation ELA and math standards;
- 2017–18 SY: NYS ELA and math assessments will continue to measure the current CCLS standards; professional development will build awareness of the Next Generation standards;
- 2018–19 SY: NYS ELA and math assessments will continue to measure the current CCLS standards; professional development continues for Next Generation standards;
- 2019–20 SY: NYS ELA and math assessments continue to measure the current CCLS standards; professional development to transition to the Next Generation standards;
- September 2020: Full implementation of the Next Generation standards; rollout of new State assessments aligned to the Next Generation standards;
- Spring 2021: New NYS ELA and math assessments measure student performance on the Next Generation standards.
The revisions include enhancements for clarity and age appropriateness. Additional resources will be forthcoming from NYSED. The revised standards are available on NYSED’s website.
Update on New York State’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan:
Last week, the NYS Board of Regents authorized NYSED’s draft submission of its ESSA plan for approval by the United States Department of Education (USDOE). The revised plan emphasizes fostering equity in education for New York’s students; expands measures for school support, accountability, and student success; and requires school-level improvement plans for the lowest-performing schools overall, as well as the lowest-performing schools for certain student populations. The plan also includes strategies for supporting educators’ professional growth and ensuring that all students have access to a well-rounded, culturally responsive education that supports their academic and social-emotional development.
Once the plan is approved by the USDOE, NYSED will work with districts, schools, and stakeholders Statewide to develop and provide guidance on implementing the ESSA plan, which will go into effect in the 2018–19 school year. In addition, NYSED is developing summary documents for parents and teachers to explain the changes in the ESSA plan.
Middle School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Requirements:
Effective September 27, the NYSED Commissioner’s Regulations will be revised to create more flexibilities for providing CTE instruction in middle schools to address the following recognized challenges:
§ There is currently a shortage of certified Technology Education (Tech Ed) and Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teachers to fill open positions across the State;
§ Middle-school student experiences in CTE are limited to two discrete courses, which represent only two of six CTE content-areas: FACS and Tech Ed; and the time allocated to each of these courses was prescribed; and
§ Opportunities to create sequential programs that align to high school pathways in CTE, STEM, and Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) were not available under the previous regulations.
The newly revised Commissioner’s Regulations allow one-and-three-quarter units of CTE instruction at the middle-school level (grades 5–8), to address any CTE content-areas including FACS, Technology, Business, Health Sciences, Trade and Tech Ed, or Agriculture, thereby expanding the pool of qualified CTE teachers to fill positions at the middle-school level. The new flexibility will provide students with a broad-based introduction to CTE through the lens of the six content-areas; allow districts and schools to meet the units-of-study requirements utilizing any of the content-areas; and enable districts and schools to repurpose the CTE experience at the middle-school level to better prepare students for opportunities in CTE, STEM, and CDOS at the high-school level.
Please know that our Central staff are already working to provide you with the guidance and materials you will need for a smooth transition and implementation of these revised guidelines.Additional information on the ESSA plan, Next Generation Learning Standards, and middle school CTE will be announced in future editions of Principals’ Weekly.
Warm regards,
Carmen Fariña
Chancellor